haptometer

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noun

An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.

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Meanings

nounhaptometer (plural haptometers)

plural haptometers

  1. An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.

Origin

From hapto- + -meter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pathometerpromethate
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APA

haptometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptometer

MLA

“haptometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptometer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haptometer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptometer.

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